It is in the Qaanaaq area that you can get closest to what many people think of as the original Greenlandic hunting culture.

"...Original Greenlandic culture..."

Qaanaaq’s traditional Greenlandic way of life is today played out in a relatively modern town. When the American airbase in Thule (also called Dundas) was extended in 1953, the original inhabitants were moved 100 km (60 miles) further north, where a completely new town, Qaanaaq, was built. If you look at the town from the seaside, it is obvious that the right side of the town is built as an American part of a city, very strictly, while the houses on the left side of the city seem just thrown on the hillside.ls.

"...Rober Peary attempted to reach the North Pole in 1909..."

The area around Qaanaaq lies close to the North American continent and has therefore been the gateway for immigration into Greenland for thousands of years. The latest example of immigration – a group of Inuits from Baffin Island – took place just 130 years ago.

There have been several dramatic events at this town far to the north. It was from Qaanaaq that seven of polar explorer Knud Rasmussen’s expeditions set out, and it was also from here that the American explorer Robert Peary attempted to reach the North Pole in 1909.